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Books like Cold Cash: 9 series to read next

Cold Cash is science fiction, set in near future and our world, tense in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Cold Cash is 2 books, from 1977.

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Blade Runner Universe
Nexus 5
Hardwired
The Windup Universe
Robopocalypse
Dogs of War (Adrian Tchaikovsky)
Sprawl Trilogy
Space Merchants
Ship Breaker

Blade Runner UniverseSeries

seriesK. W. Jeter, Archie Goodwin, Les Martin & Philip K. Dick6 books1968

About robots and identity, set in big city.

“Together the two trace the story's path from prose original to screen and comic-page adaptation.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? →

Nexus 5Series

seriesRamez Naam3 books2012

About artificial intelligence.

“The trilogy continues through Crux and Apex, following the same central conflict over who controls the technology.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Nexus →

HardwiredSeries

seriesWalter Jon Williams3 books1986

Science fiction and cyberpunk, tense in tone, set in near future and our world.

“Voice of the Whirlwind, published three years later, is a loosely connected follow-up set in the same future, sharing its technological and political backdrop with a different cast of characters.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Hardwired →

The Windup UniverseSeries

seriesPaolo Bacigalupi3 books2005

Dystopia, about genetic engineering and ecological collapse, set in southeast asia.

Start with The Calorie Man →

RobopocalypseSeries

seriesDaniel H. Wilson3 books2011

About artificial intelligence and robots.

“Told in a present-tense, techno-thriller style compared to Michael Crichton's work, the New York Times bestseller continues in the sequel Robogenesis, which follows the aftermath of the robot uprising.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Robopocalypse →

Dogs of War (Adrian Tchaikovsky)Series

seriesAdrian Tchaikovsky3 books2017

Science fiction and cyberpunk, set in our world and near future.

“Dogs of War, Bear Head, and Bee Speaker widen from that first book's battlefield into questions of AI rights, corporate power, and non-human consciousness across a near-future Earth.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Dogs of War →

Sprawl TrilogySeries

seriesWilliam Gibson & Terry Bisson10 books1981

About artificial intelligence and virtual reality, set in big city.

“Johnny Mnemonic, an early short story set in the same fictional milieu, predates the novels and introduces the courier Molly Millions before her role in the trilogy.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Neuromancer →

Space MerchantsSeries

seriesFrederik Pohl & C. M. Kornbluth2 books1953

Dystopia, set in venus & inner planets.

“Together the two books form a compact bookend pair rather than an ongoing series.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Space Merchants →

Ship BreakerSeries

seriesPaolo Bacigalupi3 books2010

Post-apocalyptic, about survival, set in north america.

“Paolo Bacigalupi's Ship Breaker follows Nailer as helping her pulls him out of his abusive father's orbit and into a much larger, more dangerous game involving her family's fortune.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Ship Breaker →

Why these

No sales rank, no star ratings, no readers also bought.

Shared terms are not a promise that a book feels the same. Two series can be far-future political intrigue and read nothing alike — what the ranking can say is what they are about, and each card says which parts it shares.

Questions readers ask

What should I read after Cold Cash?: Blade Runner Universe — the closest match to Cold Cash on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Cold Cash?: The Cold Cash War. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Cold Cash.
How big is Cold Cash?: Cold Cash is 2 books, from 1977.
Is Cold Cash finished?: Yes — 2 books, from 1977.

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